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6 trends impacting community college enrollment in 2023

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Blogs 6 trends impacting community college enrollment in 2023 For the past two years, it’s been difficult to focus on anything beyond the immediate consequences of the pandemic. But now as we find ourselves stabilizing, it’s time to pause and take stock of the full landscape facing community colleges. get your copy 2.

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Dual enrollment can be costly for community colleges

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Community college leaders are largely thrilled about the rise in high school students enrolling in college classes, particularly after steep enrollment declines during the pandemic, and many are hoping the trend continues. The paper offers strategies for colleges to run dual-enrollment programs without breaking the bank.

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Dr. Dara N. Byrne: Leveraging Public Higher Education for the Common Good

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“Macaulay can provide an elite education — or a model that exemplifies the best of what higher ed has to offer — but without elitist recruitment or admissions processes,” says Byrne, who has been a faculty member at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (part of CUNY) since 2003. The racial gap in graduation rates is minimal.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Financial aid, retention, and faculty/staff representation are part of the Seal,” says Dr. Deborah Santiago, co-founder and CEO of Excelencia in Education, who says she is delighted to see institutions with intentional practices actively working toward increasing Latino representation in key positions. Hawkins Jr.

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University of Dayton, Sinclair CC share students

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Setting community college students up for success can result in institutional partnerships, as demonstrated by the University of Dayton’s work with Sinclair Community College in Ohio. The initiative also increases the number of graduates who remain in the Dayton area and contribute to its local workforce.

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New FAFSA won't launch until December

Confessions of a Community College Dean

“More than 17 million students and thousands of schools use the FAFSA form to help access and award financial aid every year, but far too many are locked out of aid because of the cumbersome processes and outdated technology that come with the current form,” FSA chief operating officer Richard Cordray said in a statement.

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Education Department hints at possible delay of new FAFSA

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Melanie Storey, deputy director of policy implementation and oversight for the Office of Federal Student Aid, told attendees at the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators’ leadership conference that the agency wouldn’t commit to a launch date this fall, though it is working aggressively toward an Oct.